Locomotive tender



H. M. PFLAGER 'Locouo'rIvE TENDER Filed April 13, 1925 Y I l In alentar lar/y N. Blqyer yww v ms.

Patented No' .,3, 1925.

UNITED STATI-ifs PATENT HARRY 1vI. ,PrLAGEIa or sfr. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AssIGNOa' To COMMONWEALTH srEnL COMPANY, OF sr. LOUIS, IvIIssoUIzI, A CORPORATION OF'NEW JERSEY... 1

ALOOOMO'IIVE TENDER. Y

` `Appiaa'iam1fiiea'Ainu13,1925. serial No1 22,819'.

T0 all whom t may concer/t:

Be it known that I, 'HARRY M. PFLAGE'Ia a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Locomotive Tenders, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to railway rolling stock and consists in an improved locomotive tender construction.

The object of my invention is to increase the capacity of the tender and particularly the capacity of the water tank and to provide anV adequate baffle between the filling hole in the tank and the fuel bunker and also to provide a tank which will clear its ex` terior of water, cinders, etc. l

In the preferred embodiment of my invention I utilize a tool box to form a substantial portion of the baffle between .the tank and the fuel bunker.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention- Figure 1 is a top view of my-improved tender.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure Sis a rear elevation of the same.

In this tender, the 'underframe 1 is mounted upon trucks in the usual manner and may be of any desired structure. The fuel bunker is indicated at 2 and the water tank at 8. The top of the tank consists of flat plates 4 inclined upwardly and inwardly from the tops of the side walls 5 of the tank and form a sloping top down which water will flow by gravity, washing cinders or other accumulations over the sides of the tank.

At the forward end of the main portion of the tank, the rear Wall 6 of the bunker is continued upwardly as indicated at 7, or a Vseparate plate 7 is provided, extending a substantial distance labove the tank top at the sides of the tender but preferably just clearing the top of the tank on the longitudinal center line of the tender.

Mounted on the tank top adjacent the rear end of the bunker is a plurality of brackets 8 which vary in height but having their top surfaces in a horizontal plane. A tool box 9 is carried on these brackets, the bottom of the box being below the top of plate 7 and the top.. of ther box extending a; substantial distance Vabove plate 7 and the top of tankB.

' The tanktop isprovidedwith a',- manhole orilling hole l0 located onthe longitudinal center line` of thev tender. Obviously, any .waterdischarged overthe topy of the" tank will flow down thelinclined plates .4 andvany portion flowing forwardly will either strike plate 7 or the rear wall of box 9V and may How freely beneath the box through brackets 8 to be discharged yover the sides of the tank.

Shaping the tank as shown increases its capacity without raising the center of gravity to an objectionable degree. The use of the tool box as a portion of the baffle eliminates a plate which likely would otherwise be an undesirable extension of plate 7. Mounting the vbox on brackets( as shown avoids closed pockets which gather dirt and moisture tending to rust out the plates of the tender. This construction also permits the free circulation of air beneath the box avoiding decaying of the wood of which the box will usually be made although the resultpis substantially the same if a steel box is provided.

While I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, I contemplate the exclusive use of such modifications thereof as fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. In a locomotive tender, a water tank, a bafHe plate extending transversely 'of the tender at the end of said tank, the top of said tank sloping inwardly and upwardly from the tops of the tank side walls and the lower portions of the ends of said baffle plate, and a separate member at the center of said tank projecting upwardly above said baffle to form an extension of the middle portion of said baille.

2. In a locomotive tender, a water tank, a baffle plate extending transversely of the tender at the end of said. tank, the top of said tank sloping inwardly and upwardly from the tops of the tank side walls and the lower portions of the ends of said baffle plate, and

a tool box mounted on the top of said tank i adjacentthe middle portion of said baffle and forming a vertical extension therefor.

3. In a locomotive tender, a water tank l top inclined downwardly on each side of its v longitudinal center line, a filling hole in said top on its longitudinal center line, a fuel bunker, the rear Wall of which projects a substantial distance above said tank top throughout most of its length to form a balle plate, and a separate upstanding baie forming element between said hole and bunker.

4. In a locomotive tender, a water tank with a filling hole, a fuel bunker, and a tool box extending transversely yof the tender above said tank and forming a batlie between saidh-ol'e and bunker for water discharged over said top. Y Y

45. In a locomotive tender, a water tank with an inclined top provided with a fill-ing hole, a fuel bunker, and a tool 'box mounted on said top between said hole and said bunker, the bottom of said box clearing the top of said tank but being below the top of the rear wall of said bunker.

'6. In a locomotive tender, a Water tank having a top sloping from the center toward each side of the tender, a fuel bunker with its rear wall terminating adjacent said tank top, brackets mounted on said 'tank top and permitting tree passage of air, water, and oinders down said inclined top, and a tool box carried by said brackets and extending transversely of the 'tender and above said bunker wall and having v its bottom clearing said tank top, said box forming a baffle for water discharged over said tank top.

In testimony whereof I hereunto my signature this 8th day of April, 1925.

H. M. PFLAGER. 

